Sound level of environmental music and drinking behavior: A field experiment with beer drinkers

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1795-1798

  Guéguen, Nicolas ^a   Jacob, Céline ^a   Le Guellec, Hélène ^a   Morineau, Thierry ^a   Lourel, Marcel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Environmental music; Music influence; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AROUSAL; BEER; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NOISE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52149115144     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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